Compiling python-1.5.2-3 on slink - problems

[Johann Spies <jhspies@futurenet.co.za>]

I hope somebody can help me with this one:

I am trying to compile the python source from potato/source and I am
getting errors while compiling the dbmmodule.c.  The errors seems to be
related to my lib6c-dev. I have the following installed version:

Package: libc6-dev
Version: 2.0.7.19981211-6

Some of the errors were:
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make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/python-1.5.2/Modules'
gcc -fpic  -I/usr/include/db1 -g -O2 -I./../Include -I.. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -c ./dbmmodule.c
In file included from /usr/include/db1/ndbm.h:42,
                 from ./dbmmodule.c:40:
/usr/include/db1/db.h:120: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
/usr/include/db1/db.h:120: parse error before `__PMT'

snip 

/usr/include/db1/db.h:142: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union

and a lot of other similar warnigs and parse errors ...

../Include/pyerrors.h:42: previous declaration of `PyErr_SetString'

./dbmmodule.c:210: invalid type argument of `->'

./dbmmodule.c:268: `dbm_getattr' undeclared here (not in a function)
./dbmmodule.c:268: initializer element for `Dbmtype.tp_getattr' is not constant
make[2]: *** [dbmmodule.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/python-1.5.2/Modules'
make[1]: *** [sharedmods] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/python-1.5.2'
make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
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Johann

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